. She went missing on November 16th, 2015 (Monday) and her NamUs profile was created 8 days later. That is a very-short gap between her last-seen time and her profile-created time, an indication that everyone familiar with this case has treated her disappearance as credible (ie. not a voluntary disappearance). As of January 2021 Peggy is still missing and
According to NamUs, Peggy is missing from Eufaula, Oklahoma. That is a small lake-side town about two hours to the east of Oklahoma City and an hour and twenty minutes south of Tulsa, Oklahoma. The Arkansas state border is about 90 minutes to 105 minutes to the east by driving.
Peggy, according to her NamUs profile, was last seen dropping her son off at school. Her NamUs profile also contains these details, some of which may be slightly off.
- She was 28 years old at the time of the disappearance
- She is a white female
- Her height is about 70 inches (5'10")
- Her weight is 150 to 160 pounds
- Her shoe size was 10
- She had blonde/strawberry hair and blue eyes
- She had a scar on her right knee
- She had a tattoo on her lower back (horseshoe with stars, four leaf clover, and the initials JNS).
- She also had pierced ears
- She last spoke with her stepfather by phone and was supposed to phone back with measurements for a new deck (according to a news report by Rachel Trost of NBC)
Her DNA status is complete. That means that anyone looking at this case involving a Jane Doe should focus on Jane Does where they do NOT have completed DNA tests. The reason for that is that if they have completed tests on a Doe then the computerized systems will make the match.
A case wrought with contradictory information
Amateurs working on this case may have their efforts hurt by the fact that there is contradictory information online regarding her case. In the event that there is a contradiction, you cannot take for granted that NamUs has the correct information.
The poster below, which advertises a large reward, says that Peggy was last seen at "her home in Stidham, OK" (as opposed to at her son's school in Eufala....). There is only a 12-mile difference between Stidham and Eufala, however, they are distinct towns requiring rural highway travel to go between.
Another source (Rachel Trost with NBC) says "Monday marks two weeks since Peggy McGuire was last seen dropping her young son off at school outside Eufaula, Oklahoma."
Furthermore, the poster below says that she was 29 at the time of her disappearance (not 28....), it says her hair was blonde (not strawberry blonde....), and her weight is listed as 140 lbs (which is outside the 150 to 160 range....). Hopefully, the police would have correct information but someone has treated accuracy in a frivolous manner regarding this case.
Ahead of clarifying these details use this information:
- 28-29 years old at the time of the disappearance
- 140 to 160 pounds
- Missing from the Eufaula area
- Blonde or strawberry-blonde hair
Anyone with intimate and personal knowledge of this case
should make an effort to get NamUs to correct the profile. A profile with incorrect information can throw off any user of the NamUs system. For example, if a decedent woman is found, let's say, 500 miles away from Eufaula and her estimated age range is 29 years old to 39 years old then someone using that search criterion for missing person's would actually miss Peggy's profile because they have her as a 28-year old (an age that I think is wrong).
Despite the fact that McGuire went missing while operating a vehicle, NamUs contains no information regarding her vehicle description. Her vehicle is no longer missing but it is central to a significant lead. It was a Toyota Truck according to one source I read and appears to be white, although footage can obscure color (if you know the make and model or information about the vehicle please post it in the comments, with credentials please).
According to one poster I found, on November 17th, 2015 (1 day after she went missing), Peggy's truck was found at one "T&J's Ice House." This bar has Google Maps coordinates of 35.306088, -95.664516. The poster claims that a man on surveillance was seen parking the truck and then walking away from it at 5am in the morning. This mystery man may certainly be the individual that disappeared Peggy. The matter regarding the truck was covered by Fox News on May 23rd, 2017 (and possibly earlier).
According to the article: "McGuire’s truck was found at an ice house about 10 miles away from her home shortly after she disappeared.
Surveillance cameras captured McGuire’s truck driving into the parking lot. A few seconds later, a figure can be seen getting out and walking away.
Friends and family members say McGuire doesn’t drink, so there’s no reason why she would drive herself to the ice house" (POSTED 10:06 AM, MAY 23, 2017, BY KFOR-TV & K. QUERRY).
Peggy's Facebook profile remains active at time of writing. She described herself as a licensed practical nurse and I've seen a photo of her in a nurse's uniform.
Commentary
In this case, I will presume that the man on surveillance at T&J's Ice House probably disappeared McGuire. Presumptions like that can be dangerous but, unfortunately, conjecture is all that's available.
The man, according to the poster, dropped the truck off at 5am on November 17th. Peggy went missing, according to NamUs, at 10:15 the previous day.
Accordingly, there is about a 19-hour gap between her last-seen time and the drop off of the truck at TJ's. If we assume that the individual that drove the truck slept for at least six hours between her last-seen time and 5am on November 17th then there are 13 hours of activity to account for. That means that during that time the man could not have gotten more than 6.5 hours of driving time away from the last-seen location and TJ's while staying in the company of McGuire, either alive or dead. That could have search-area implications if we assume that McGuire was murdered on November 16th, 2015.
The individual that dropped the truck off need not be affiliated with the ice house. It's possible that he understood that dropping the truck at the local 'dodgy joint' would take the investigation toward patrons of that establishment.
Resemblances to other cases of missing people
Case resemblances do not mean that the cases are linked. However, history does repeat itself. Information from one case might provide food for thought on other similar cases, even across a significant amount of time and space. These cases are meant to facilitate speculation and critical thought.
Jennifer Kesse
There are resemblances between the cases of Peggy Anne McGuire and Jennifer Kesse, the latter being one of the more-famous American missing-person's cases of this century thus far. Jennifer Kesse went missing at the age of 24 in 2006 and she remains missing to date,
NamUS MP #1342. Kesse was a blonde, white, female, in her 20s. Kesse, at 5'8" to 5'9", was about the same height as McGuire.
But a more interesting connection to the case is that Kesse's vehicle was discovered a short-time after she disappeared. The individual that parked Kesse's car was seen walking away from it on video surveillance and has not yet been identified. In this way, the case bears a striking resemblance to McGuire's: the identity of the individual in the video-tape surveillance is a frustrating missing puzzle piece in each case.
Holly Cantrell
Holly Cantrell is missing from nearby McAlester, Oklahoma (about 40 miles south of Eufaula). Cantrell went missing in the late morning, like McGuire. Furthermore, Cantrell shared a nursing profession and she went missing at a similar-enough time (ie. January 20th, 2017). Cantrell is missing person #37166 at NamUs. They
may have a lead on Cantrell from February 2018.
Rosa Lisowski
Rosa Lisowski is a missing person last seen in San Diego. She dropped her child off at school and has not been heard from since. In Lisowski's case, which is NamUs MP #5548, someone close to her has been central to the investigation.
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